Standard, VA hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0183.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Scientific Columbus
- MODEL
- 6781A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 0007628
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASE, LID, TOP PANEL AND KNOBS/ LEATHER HANDLE ATTACHED WITH BRASS KNOBS/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 17.0 cm
- Height
- 21.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Scientific
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1980S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF TESTING EQUIPMENT USED BY THE STANDARDS LABORATORY - Function
-
USED AS A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH VOLT-AMPERE-HOUR METERS ARE TESTED. - Technical
-
CAN BE USED AT 1-5-15-50 AMPS AT 60 HERTZ AND 120-240-480 VOLTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATES ON TOP: 'E [LOGO] SCIENTIFIC COLUMBUS/ TYPE SC 10 Ser. No. 0007628/ PORTABLE VA HOUR STANDARD/ Patents No. 3,974,917 3,975,682/ 3,976,942 3,971,979 other Pat. Pend.''Model 6781A Kh+0.6 VAh at 5A, 120V, 60 Hz/ 0 50A 15A 5A 1A'/ DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS: 'POTENTIAL/ AUX POWER/ EQUIVALENT REVOLUTIONS/ OUTPUT/ ANALOG OUTPUT/ RESET/ 120/ 240/ 480'/ SPECIAL NOTE ON TOP:`CAUTION Unit requires/ 120 Vac auxiliary power/ for all potential ranges./ AUX.POWER/ FUSE/ 1/8 A-3 AG/ SB 250V'/ PLATE ON SIDE: 'Consumer and/ Corporate Affairs/ NO. E 1534/ STANDARDS/ LABORATORY/ [ALSO IN FRENCH]'/ ON LID: 'SCIENTIFIC COLUMBUS/AN ESTERLINE COMPANY 'AN ESTERLINE COMPANY/ TYPE SC10/ PORTABLE VA HOUR STANDARD'/ 2ND CONSUMER & CORP. AFFAIRS PLATE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/20/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- ENTIRE DEVICE IS BLACK GLOSS WITH WHITE PRINTING/ BROWNLEATHER STRAP
- Decoration
- RED BACKGROUND ON CAUTION MESSAGE ON TOP/ AND RED BACKGROUND ON LOGO
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Scientific Columbus, Standard, VA hour, circa 1983, Artifact no. 1997.0183, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0183.001/
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